The Health Foundation

20/10/2023

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: A general election is expected in 2024, but what have the main political parties really got in store for health? And have we emerged from party conference season any the wiser?

Join our Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon with Financial Times' Stephen Bush and Public First’s Rachel Wolf. Listen now 🎧

Episode 37. A general election is expected in 2024 and no party can ignore the NHS − but what do they plan to do on health?

02/08/2023

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: How can the NHS unlock the huge potential of technology to benefit patients, the public, staff and the taxpayer? Join our Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon in conversation with Navina Evans and Penny Pereira, as part of our series. Listen now 🎧

Episode 34. In the third of our NHS at 75 podcast episodes, we ask how the potential of technology might be unlocked to benefit patients, the public, staff and the taxpayer.

10/03/2023

Latest NHS staff survey results suggest that many working in the NHS are burnt out and feel unable to do their jobs properly due to staff shortages.

Read our full response to the survey and latest NHS monthly performance statistics ⤵️
https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/nhs-staff-burnout-highlights-desperate-need-for-workforce-plan-to-focus-on-retention-and-wellbeing

08/03/2023

PODCAST: When International Women’s Day began in 1909, women were still barred from entering medical school. Today, they make up around half of all doctors and two-thirds of all medical students. So, has equality in health care finally been achieved?

Dr Jennifer Dixon is joined by Dame Jane Dacre, Dr Nikita Kanani and Dr Gabrielle Mathews to reflect on the expectations, experiences and challenges that have shaped their professional journeys and what needs to happen to continue building a truly inclusive workforce.

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Episode 29. To mark International Women’s Day, we invited three women at different stages of their careers in health care to reflect on the expectations, experiences and challenges that have shaped their professional journeys.

24/01/2023

Patients are facing longest ever ambulance wait times. For the most serious calls, patients are now waiting 18% longer in 2021/22 than they would have waited in 2018/19.
Our analysis looks at the contributing factors – and possible solutions ⬇️
https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/why-have-ambulance-waiting-times-been-getting-worse

22/01/2023

A healthy population is one of Scotland’s most important assets. Yet, in 2019 there was a 24-year gap in the time spent in good health between people living in the most and least deprived 10% of local areas in Scotland.

Read our new report ⬇️
https://www.health.org.uk/publications/leave-no-one-behind/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=Scotland_23

Rooted in Scotland and informed by Scottish experts, this report brings together evidence of trends in health inequalities and wider determinants of health in the two decades since devolution.

31/12/2022

There is a strong relationship between debt and health.
Our analysis highlights that 20% of people in problem debt report ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’ health, compared with 7% of those not in problem debt.

Read more ▶️ https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/debt-and-health

28/12/2022

Our podcast series looks at the most important issues affecting the future of health and care for people in the UK.

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Interviews with experts and high-profile guests discussing the most important issues affecting the future of health and care for people in the UK.

27/12/2022

In the public and political debate about how to improve health, the wider determinants of health are often left out or misunderstood.

Our report with FrameWorks Institute recommends how we can frame communications to tell a more powerful story about health ⬇️

An evidence-based framing strategy for shifting understanding and building greater support for action to address the wider determinants of health.

25/12/2022

Season's greetings from all at the Health Foundation.

We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone we've worked with over the past year, as well as to everyone in the NHS, social care, public health and other key services.

23/12/2022

Is poor health driving a rise in economic inactivity?
Our recent analysis shows that the number of people aged 50–69 years old self-reporting ill health as their main reason for inactivity has been rising.

See our full analysis 📊 ➡️ https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/charts-and-infographics/is-poor-health-driving-a-rise-in-economic-inactivity

20/12/2022

PODCAST: On our latest episode we're exploring rising ill health among the working age population, and whether it's causing people to drop out of the labour force.

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Episode 26. In this episode we explore the rising tide of ill health amongst the working age population, and whether it's causing people to drop out of the labour force and become economically inactive.